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Amount of unamortized debt discount (premium) and debt issuance costs.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization, of debt issuance costs. Includes, but is not limited to, legal, accounting, underwriting, printing, and registration costs.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the outstanding short-term borrowings under a revolving line of credit used by mortgage bankers to finance the origination or purchase of loans.

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(6) Debt (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	5 Months Ended
(6) Debt (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	May 16, 2018	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Nov. 24, 2015	Apr. 17, 2015	May 11, 2012
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs		$ 1,500	$ 2,000
Warehouse lines of credit amount outstanding		118,999	134,791
Residual Interest Financings [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Proceeds from residual interest financings	$ 40,000
Unamortized debt issuance costs		150
2018-1 Notes [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit, outstanding balance		25,600
Warehouse Credit Facility [Member] \| Citibank [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit line maximum						$ 100,000
Warehouse lines of credit amount outstanding		45,700
Warehouse Credit Facility [Member] \| Fortress Investment Group [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit line maximum					$ 100,000
Warehouse lines of credit amount outstanding		42,600
Warehouse Credit Facility [Member] \| Credit Suisse AG and Ares Agent Services [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit line maximum				$ 100,000
Warehouse lines of credit amount outstanding		3,230
Expected finance receivable payments 2020
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Warehouse lines of credit amount outstanding		$ 120,600	$ 136,800